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Hump day hook-in!

9/19/2013

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PictureArmenia's Daisy pillows.
What a great hook-in this evening!  Full of laughs and show and tell.  We had two new comers to the group, Barbara and Donna that fit in a like old friends.  Our group keeps expanding so I am planning a few changes to accommodate the numbers.  I’ll be taking out all the furniture and having tables built along the wall and cutting stations for those who wish to bring their clamp on machines.  There’s enough room for 20 or more with a bit of clever designing and installing piano hinged tables in various areas.  Up when you need them and down when you don't.  Charlene’s husband is my go to guy so everything will look top notch.  
  
The Keurigg got a good workout this evening.  Armenia loves her Hazelnut Vanilla that I stock just for my little sweetie pie.  The aroma is divine and I always make sure I have a coffee directly following hers so I get a hint of the flavour in my dark roast.  I can’t drink the anything but regular coffee because of the sugar content but a trace doesn’t hurt.  The weather is nippy in the evenings and a hot cup of java hits the spot!  I was drinking decafe for a bit because of my heart skipping beats, but the taste was a step above bath water so if I have a coffee, I’m going for the real thing and I’ll just limit the intake to keep the ticker happy.  I'll tell you one thing; the memory of a real coffee is  better than drinking decaffeinated swill.

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Pam with her completed Foster piece.
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Sue on the last stretch of her Lunenburg Compass rug.
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Armenia's current project, gorgeous garden lilies.
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Pam's Cone Santa ready for cutting out and sewing into a cone.
Everyone was in fine form this evening. I can’t go into details because like Vegas, what happens at the hook-in stays at the hook-in but I can say we know how to have a few laughs!  

Armenia showed off her pillows.  She hooked the fronts and Sue sewed the backs.  We all do nice things for Armenia because she's sweeter than sugar.    Pam had a finished fishing scene and pulled her last loops on the Cone Santa this evening, getting a head start for the holidays. Sue is coming around the last lap on her Susan Leslie design called Lunenburg Compass. We all agree the colours are stellar and they might breathe some new life into the pattern that never really got a lot of attention.  I think the design has a lot of appeal, with the compass in the center and the buildings around the perimeter.  The shape of the outer border with the diagonal corners is quite unique which lends perfectly to the design elements.  Of all of Susan’s designs this one seemed to pale against the more recognizable Lunenburg harbour fronts.  
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Deanna left, Donna, Heather and then Pam.
Glenna was working on her “Hot Water, Fresh Towels”, Donna is making great strides on Bluenose sails of her Lunenburg Schooner design, another one of Susan Leslie’s patterns.  Armenia was working on a bit of background for her lily piece, Ginny was doing the herringbone  whipped edge on Alice, a stunning piece that deserves its very own blog as soon as it’s bound.   Anne is working on a new geometric design and  Deanna is completing another  shell.  Barbara a relatively new hooker, is getting to the end of her boat, one of Sue’s patterns called High Tide.  Heather, fresh from Newfoundland rug school is doing a fun house piece with wool I drooled over.  Sue told me where to locate it so I’m contacting the source to score some,  like an addict going after a fix I just have to have it!     

Geez, did I miss anyone?  Oh yes, Linda Ruth isn’t in a picture but she hooked a few squares on hubby’s bedside inch rug and then I took over when she left early.   She just dropped in to sit and socialize, too tired to haul her own project over.  She had a busy summer at her antique store “Come By Chance Antiques”.   The center squares are now completed so the plain section should go a lot faster.  I’ll pick away at it over time, it might get done before Christmas, cross my fingers!   

I looked over the crowd and smiled.  I often wonder what our male tenant thinks hearing all the screams of laugher through the walls.  You can never be totally sound proofed so the noise must permeate the division between the units.  He probably thinks, there go those hooker’s again......they must be up to something with all the commotion and he would be right!  
   
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Anne at the end of the table, to her right Ginny busy whipping Alice, Barbara in the pink, then Glenna, Armenia and Sue.
4 Comments
Pam
9/19/2013 06:18:11 am

It was a wonderful hook in last night, with lots of inspiration for all! It is so much fun to hook and chat!

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Glenna
9/19/2013 07:42:13 am

Had a great time...such wonderful, talented and friendly ladies!!! look forward to the next hook-in

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Margaret
9/19/2013 10:16:46 pm

Pam, wht is the name of your Foster mat? I assume it is a Joan Foster design, but it is not shown on her website.
Christine, sounds like you had quite a party! So much fun!

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Christine
9/20/2013 12:35:18 pm

I couldn't remember the woman's first name but I think you are right it was Joan from Newfoundland?

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